6:59 AM,
May 20, 2013

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A former key staffer for the Iowa Senate Republican caucus says she was fired Friday, just hours after providing documentation of sexual harassment by male legislators and caucus staff members and asking for changes.

Kirsten Anderson, who had been communications director for the Senate Republican caucus, told WHO-TV in an interview broadcast Sunday that male legislators and staffers routinely made inappropriate sexual remarks toward her and other women.

"When you go to the workplace, you should have a safe environment. Women especially should not have their body parts scrutinized, ...